Author: Alan Date: To: tails-dev Old-Topics: Re: [Tails-dev] Testing Tor Monitor Subject: [Tails-dev] Tor Monitor: don't show duplicate streams with the same
destination in the same circuit
Hi,
sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote: > Alan:
> > intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
> >> sajolida wrote (27 Aug 2015 16:48:14 GMT) :
> >>> C. Duplicate information
> >>
> >>> In the list of circuits I sometimes see duplicated lines.
> >>
> >> Technical nitpicking: these are streams, not circuits :)
> >>
> >>> For example when connecting to heavy websites like YouTube.
> >>> See duplicates.png in attachment. Why not deduplicate these lines?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what's the value of the "there are multiple streams to
> >> this IP:PORT going on that circuit" information. At first glance,
> >> I would say let's deduplicate, but perhaps I'm missing a use case
> >> or three?
> >>
> > If I display duplicates, either I have a bug or there are multiple
> > streams to this IP:port in that circuit... I can deduplicate them if
> > requested but I fail to see the interest to complexify the
> > code to simplify the reality.
>
> The interest is to have a more compact view displayed to the user and
> reduce noise. Did you see my screenshot? To me it looks pretty awful. I
> fail to see the interest in complexifying so much the interface to
> simplify a bit the code :)
Please file a ticket for that then. I'd suggest we don't consider it as
a blocker thought.
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